OFFENSIVE

Meaning of OFFENSIVE in English

See ↑ ATTACK 6, ↑ OFFEND 4

Longman Activator English vocab. Английский словарь Longman активатор . 2012

OFFENSIVE — adj offensive (1. pertaining to attack; 2. insulting); armas offensive offensive weapons, weapons of offense
Interlingua English vocab
OFFENSIVE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — (a.) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive …
Английский словарь Webster
OFFENSIVE — (a.) Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds.
Английский словарь Webster
OFFENSIVE — ( a. ) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — ( a. ) Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — — offensively , adv. — offensiveness , n. /euh fen"siv/ or, for 4, 5, /aw"fen-, of"en-/ , adj. 1. causing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — I. ə-ˈfen(t)-siv, especially for 1 ˈä-ˌfen(t)-, ˈȯ- adjective Date: circa 1564 1. a. : making attack : aggressive b. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFFENSIVE — adj giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words. 2. offensive ·adj giving pain or unpleasant sensations; …
Webster English vocab
OFFENSIVE — offensive BrE AmE ə ˈfen t s ɪv əʊ- —but in the sense 'relating to attack' also ˈɒf en t …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — / əˈfensɪv; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. offensive (to sb) rude in a way that causes you …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — I. of ‧ fen ‧ sive 1 /əˈfensɪv/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : OFFENSE/OFFENSE , ↑ offender …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFFENSIVE — adj. & n. --adj. 1 giving or meant or likely to give offence; insulting (offensive language). 2 disgusting, foul-smelling, nauseous, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFFENSIVE — adj. & n. adj. 1 giving or meant or likely to give offence; insulting (offensive language). 2 disgusting, foul-smelling, nauseous, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — adj. & n. --adj. 1. giving or meant or likely to give offence; insulting (offensive language). 2 disgusting, foul-smelling, nauseous, …
Oxford English vocab
OFFENSIVE — ( offensives) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that is offensive …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES all-out war/attack/offensive etc an offensive weapon (= one that can be used to attack …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OFFENSIVE — [adjective]Since the other side had taken offensive action (= attacked), we had no choice but to defend ourselves.It's against the …
Cambridge English vocab
OFFENSIVE — n. 25B6; adjective offensive remarks : INSULTING, rude, impertinent, insolent, derogatory, disrespectful, personal, hurtful, wounding, abusive; annoying, exasperating, irritating, galling, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFFENSIVE — adj. 1 antagonistic, hostile, contentious, quarrelsome, attacking, aggressive, threatening, provocative, combative, martial, belligerent, warlike, bellicose The minute the enemy made …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OFFENSIVE — 1. сущ. 1) наступление, наступательная операция 2) активные действия (в отношении чего-л.) Peace proposals were called peace offensives. (J.B. Show) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFFENSIVE — offensive.ogg 1. əʹfensıv n наступление, атака peace spring offensive - мирное весеннее наступление on the offensive - в наступлении to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OFFENSIVE — offensive сущ.1) наступление, наступательная операция 2) активные действия (в отношении чего-л.) Peace proposals were called peace offensives. (J.B. Show) — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
OFFENSIVE — 1. əʹfensıv n наступление, атака peace spring offensive - мирное весеннее наступление on the offensive - в наступлении to act …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OFFENSIVE — 1. сущ. 1) наступление, наступательная операция 2) активные действия ( в отношении чего-л. ) Peace proposals were called peace offensives. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
OFFENSIVE — 1. сущ. 1) наступление, наступательная операция 2) активные действия (в отношении чего-л.) Peace proposals were called peace offensives. (J.B. Show) — Мирные предложения …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
OFFENSIVE — 1. _n. наступление, наступательная операция; - act on the offensive - take the offensive - go into the offensive - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
OFFENSIVE — 1. n. наступление, наступательная операция; - act on the offensive - take the offensive - go into the offensive - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
OFFENSIVE — 1. _n. наступление, наступательная операция; to act on the offensive наступать; to take (или to go into) the offensive перейти …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
OFFENSIVE — 1) воен. наступление | наступательный 2) оскорбительный 3) причиняющий неудобство или вред • - grossly offensive - patently offensive - physically offensive
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
OFFENSIVE — 1. сущ. 1) наступление, наступательная операция 2) активные действия (в отношении чего-л.) Peace proposals were called peace offensives. (J.B. Show) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFFENSIVE — a. ofensiv, desagreabil; n. (mil.) ofensive
English interlingue dictionary
OFFENSIVE — makapasuko
English-Visayan vocabulary
OFFENSIVE — I. adjective Date: circa 1564 1. making attack ; aggressive , of, relating to, or designed for attack , of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OFFENSIVE — (n.) The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; …
Английский словарь Webster
OFFENSIVE — (a.) Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.
Английский словарь Webster
OFFENSIVE — ( n. ) The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — ( a. ) Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — adj. repulsive, disgusting; disagreeable to the senses; offending; emotionally injurious; aggressive
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OFFENSIVE — n. attack, act of aggression; position of pursuit or aggression
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OFFENSIVE — n. Function: noun Date: 1687 1 : the act of an attacking party 2 : ATTACK
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — n. Pronunciation: ə - ' fen(t)-siv, esp for 1 ' ä- ˌ fen(t)-, ' o ̇ - Function: adjective Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — ■ adjective 1》 causing offence. 2》 (of a military operation or weapon) involved or used in active attack. 3》 chiefly …
Concise Oxford English vocab
OFFENSIVE — [of.fen.sive] adj (ca. 1548) 1 a: making attack: aggressive b: of, relating to, or designed for attack "~ weapons" c: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OFFENSIVE — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that is ~ upsets …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OFFENSIVE — Synonyms and related words : Fescennine, Rabelaisian, abhorrent, abominable, abusive, aggravated assault, aggression, aggressive, amphibious attack, antagonistic, appalling, armed assault, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFFENSIVE — n. Function: noun Synonyms: ATTACK 1, aggression, assailment, assault, offense, onfall, onset, onslaught
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OFFENSIVE — n. Function: adjective utterly unpleasant or distasteful to the senses or sensibilities FF1C; the offensive odor of garbage FF1E; FF1C; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OFFENSIVE — a. 1. Aggressive, assailant, attacking, invading. 2. Disgusting, nauseating, nauseous, sickening, loathsome, repulsive. 3. Disagreeable, unpleasant, unpalatable, displeasing, revolting, shocking, …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
OFFENSIVE — I. adjective utterly unpleasant or distasteful to the senses or sensibilities the offensive odor of garbage her arrogant assurance was …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFFENSIVE — I. noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
OFFENSIVE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ all-out , full-scale , large-scale , major , massive ▪ In 1941, Hitler launched an all-out …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OFFENSIVE — 1. noun наступление 2. adj 1) оскорбительный; 2) наступательный
Dirty English-Russian vocab
OFFENSIVE — I adj. 1) ~ to (his actions were ~ to everyone) 2) ~ to + inf. (it's ~ to read …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
OFFENSIVE — Оскорбительный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
OFFENSIVE — наступление
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
OFFENSIVE — (n) наступление
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
OFFENSIVE — (a) наступательный; оскорбительный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
OFFENSIVE — 1. [əʹfensıv] n наступление, атака peace [spring] ~ - мирное [весеннее] наступление on the ~ - в наступлении to act …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
OFFENSIVE — adj. оскорбительный, обидный; наступательный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OFFENSIVE — n. наступление, наступательная операция; оскорбительный, обидный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OFFENSIVE — adj. оскорбительный, обидный; наступательный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OFFENSIVE — n. наступление, наступательная операция; оскорбительный, обидный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OFFENSIVE — устрашающий
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии

Longman Activator English vocab

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